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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



33667 to 33666 — Coiitinued. 



33664. Prunus fruticosa X ckrasus. 

 {Prunus chamaecerasus Jacq.) 



"Seedhnf!; oi Steclarka, No. 



33665. Prunus fruticosa Pallas. 

 [Prunus chamaecerasus Jacq.) 



"Seedling of Steclarka, No. 2." 



33666. Onobrychis cristata Pomel. Esparsette. 



From Erivan Government, Russia. Procured at Tiflis, Caucasus, iu 1910, by 

 Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, for this Department. Received 

 May 9, 1912. 

 Seeds. 



Distribution. — The Adcinity of Miliana in the northern part of Algeria. 



33667. Chusquea quila Kunth. Quila. 



From Chile. Presented by Mr. D. S. Bullock, Lapeer, ^lich., R. F. D. No. 5. 

 Received May 11, 1912. 

 Root. 



33668. FuRCRAEA TUBEROSA Oiiller) Alton. CabuUa. 



From Georgetown, Demerara, Biitisli Guiana. Presented by Mr. F. A. Stock- 

 dale, Assistant Director and Governor Botanist, Botanic Gardens, Science and 

 Agriculture Department. Received May 13, 1912. 

 A fiber plant generally cultivated in Boli\da, Venezuela, and Brazil; native country 

 not known, 



33669 and 33670. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum. 



(Sorghum vulgar e Pers.) 

 From David, Panama. Presented by Mr. J. R. Lastra. Received May 9, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following: 



33369. "This short, compact head is Guinea kafir. It is grown rather com- 

 monly in the West Indies and sparingly in Central America. In the English 

 West Indies it is known as 'Guinea corn,' in the French West Indies as 

 petit millet,' and in Honduras as 'Maysillo.' " {Carleton R. Ball.) 



33670. "The lax panicle represents the variety roxhurghii Hack., which 

 grows in India and central Africa. Our shallu, with straw-colored glumes, is 

 a native of India. Forms like the present, vdth. brown or black glumes, are 

 common in equatorial Africa, whence this doubtless came." {Carleton R. 

 Ball.) 



33671. Nicotian A tabacum L. Tobacco. 



From Bagdad, Turkey. Presented by Mr. Emil Sauer, American consul. Re- 

 ceived May 16, 1912. 

 Shiraz. 



33672. Zea mays L. Corn. 



From Rockville, Md. Grown by Mr. J. M. Rankin, assistant farm superintendent. 

 Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station. Received May 16, 1912. 

 "Grown from S. P. I. No. 26958. This corn seems to me to be a very promising one 

 for a locality where it has a longer growing season than it can get here near Washing- 

 ton, D. C. We matured only one ear, and that in 170 days. 



"I would suggest that this corn be tested in Texas or California as a stock food and 

 also as a table corn." (Rankin.) 



